Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1949 — Page 1

I ITxLVII. No. 182.

DISCLOSES FRAUD BY EX-ARMY OFFICERS

■lantk Pact pions Report Hull Agreement I |u S. Joint Chiefs [ [Will Hold Further I I Parleys In Europe I BULLETIN I I London, Aug. 4—(Ur) —InL®ormed source* said tonight RKlut the United States wants |K, y next Monday a guarantee Hr:- all Atlantic pact counIKries that they will use any BKrants of American arms only the treaty area and for purpose*. Aux. I (I'l’l The I MV joint chief* of staff reported understanding" among pact partner* today after ■du.c their conference* with BritK, IhiiMi and Norwegian def. use UWe are looking forward to our Hr-uin with French. Dutch. Bel |Han and Portuguese defense headand later this week." Mi d Adm. Louis Denfeld. I' S < hies of operation*, after to ■Ky'* conference* ended II We will be going home with a situation since we came ■ ■The joint chief* met this morn Big fir an hour with the Danish ■ rmed service* commander* and B ken held another hour long meetB SS with the Norwegian chief* of ■ uff |l Th-n. with the Norwegian chief* B Kill seated around the conference B able, a pres* conference was he Id Ihi'li some 40 American and Britcorrespondent* present. I I We have had a very fine meetMng with the British. Dane* and' said Denfeld in hi* statement. I I There wa* a complete under K'ltidinc and a fine expression of Briew* on the organization of the ■Atlantic pact.” | I (Jen Omar N. Bradley. U. 8. chief of staff, said in answer Bio questions: "we haven't arrived Beu any decision for our headquarBiers for the Atlantic pact organize Btton. but we have lead very good Blttggestiou." I I He refused to elaborate. L| H. said the question of an overall Bronimand for the pact organization ■which some sources are certain ! ■will be headed by an American! ■general, had not come up. I I Bradley and Denfeld Insisted! ■ that U 8. military aid to the na-; ■ tlon* of the Atlantic pact had not ' ■ been discussed. I Asked when the Atlantic pact I ■ organization would be ready. DenRfrld said: I "It would not be too difficult toj ■ form It before the end of the year.; ■ but the final organization depend*! ■ on higher level*.” Bl Gen Hoyt 8 Vandenberg, chief ■of the U. 8 air staff, was asked) ■ whether the U. 8. air force would ■do all the strategic bombing usi- 1 ■ tier the pact. I He said he personally favored ■ the RAF doing some strategic ■ bombing, but implied that the | I American* probably would do it I nil in the early stages of any con I flkt. I Gen Ole Berg, chief of the Nor I «egian joint service*, said, "we I have found a solution to problem*. I »»d there wa* a very good underI standing ” 1 The American chiefs of staff will ■ >**ve Ixmdon late today for Franco ■to meet French, Dutch. Belgian I nad Portuguese military repre I •rotative*. | The American. British. Danish I and Norwegian chief* were reI roived by King George VI at Huck I Ingham palace last night. Their I ®*etlng wa* described as a friendI If. informal discussion l Tomorrow the joint chief* will I begin conference* In Pari* with I Preach. Portuguese. Belgian and I Hutch chief* of staff. I The communist party and the I communist trade union CGT have R 'tiled a meeting to protest the AtI Itntic pact in front of the Anu re I c, n embassy Friday night. I Police bare forbiggen the demonI ‘'ration Twenty British commun I i»t* staged an anti-American dem I OBstration outside the government CTwew To e«tr Ftafcn Weather Mostly fair tonight and Friday. little change In temper* ‘wr*. Lew Umght 55 to tO "•rth. go t* M aoirth. High Friday Kt* M.

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Temporary Hospital Set Up At Portland A 2't-bed temporary hospital for the treatment of polio case* ha* been established in the Legion Chateau at Portland. In that city and county. 73 case* have now been reported No Blank-Check Powers Sought By President Truman Insistent, However, On Arms Aid Bill Passage Washington. Aug. 4 (CID — Presiilent Truman told a new* conference today that he ha* no particular desire for so-called “blank-check" power to semi American arm* to any part of the world. Mr. Truman, when asked whether he would accept a compromise on hi* request for $1,450,000,000 In arms aid for free nation*, insisted however that the bill should be passed as he submitted it. and as quickly as possible. Congressmen have objected strenuously to a provision of the bill which would permit the president to send arms to any country he wishes anywhere in the world When a reporter pointed out that there was fear on Capitol Hill about the "blank cheek" provision, the president said he does not particularly care about that power. What he wants, he continued, is speedy passage of the legislation that would permit aid to the European nations invo.ved in the north Atlantic defense treaty. He said the bill should be passed a* It was submitted, with the exception of whatever changes congress want* to make for easy administration of the program. Tile president said he was willing to leave the mechanical details to the congress. He said twice that he did not care particularly whether the blank check section of the bill was included in the legislation. The much-criticized "blankcheck" section of the arms aid bill for free European tuitions Is ' contained in section 3. It would | give the president authority to j send aid to "any" nation or group ' Critical congressmen say he could call almost anything a "nation " Congressmen haven't limited ; their criticism of the bill to the I'l'are To I'aar Claim County Budget Is Under Study Today Figure Tux Rates In County For 1950 County auditor Thurman I. i Drew, meeting with the county commissioner* today would not hazard a guess on the county's IMP tax rate, as figure* were com piled for the budget of expenditure* for next year The commissioner* are making an effort to keep the levy within the current 46cent rate on each 9100. A levy that does not appear in the county'* rate structure this year will show in next year's tax table with the inclusion of two cent* for the county recreation department This budget totals IS.mHI. half of which Is paid by the McMillen Foundation An appropriation »t approximately $12,000 for expenses of the primary and general election* next year will be included in the budget. The commissioner* have also included $5,000 for a face-lifting of the court house It I* proposed to •and blast the stone trim and clean the brick. An appropriation of s2.s'"' for redecorating the circuit court room also i» listed in the budget The commissioner* also ask for 919.900 for bridge repair* next year A »imilar amount was made available this year and will be expended in painting and repairing of the county * bridges The highway department • budget total* $162,400, all of which I* covered by fund* from the .tale gasoline and auto license fee* Ph i Sauer, highway superintendent, estimate* that the county will receive about 1175.V0® in I*"- •«- ill that if fu“4‘ exceeded the budget an additional appropriation (Tara Ta Fan* Ftv.y

Truman Meets “Boy’s Forum” A z 1 \ L- » *\VWZr » v a* R? Hr 1 vxkz • * t/wßki jHk i IE?» - tJ jB PRESIDENT TRUMAN shakes hands with Mike Hammond (left), of Appleton. Wl*. President of the American Legion's "Boy's Forum of National Government" as it group of the te<-i> age student d< legate* called on the Chief Executive at the White House. Mr. Truman told the boy* that everybody seem* to know how to do hi* job better than'he does, and frequently tell him so. At the right is Jim Turner, of Treaton, M<>, Vice president of the group

To Reveal Nation's Policy With China State Department's White Paper Friday Washington. 9ug. 4. — (UP) President Truman announced today I that the state department will issue tomorrow a lengthy "white paper" |on the nation’s policy in recent years toward China. In announcing this. Mr. Truman asserted that the "warm" friendship between the people of this pountry and of China Is "as strong , today" as ever. The chief executive said that the role of this government in its re- : latloriH with China has been subject "to considerable misrepresentation. distortion and misunderstanding.” "Home of these attitudes." he continued, “arose because this government was reluctant to rev»'il certain facts, the publication <4 which might have served to hasten the event* in China which have now occurred.” Mr. Truman said the present sit nation, however, required full discussion of the China policy and the facta behind it. “It is only in this way." he said "that the people of our country amt their representatives in congress can have the understanding necessary to the sound evolution of our foreign policy In the Far East." After comp’eting a prepared statement, the president, under I'l era T» V*s*e Ftgbtl

Youth Pleads Guilty To Grand Larceny New Haven Youth Enters Guilty Plea Noah J Swartz. 24. of New Haven. who was arrested Tuesday evening by sheriff Herman Bowman, pleaded guilty to grand larceny before Judge Myles F. Parrish in circuit court today Swartz, who has l>een held by the sheriff, was re turned to jail and will tie sentence! Friday afternoon at 2 p m. Swartz was charged with stealing a motorcycle belonging to Erncri Foreman, thia city. The sheriff, in recapitulating the incident from th-s witness stand, stated that he had suspected Swartz when he saw him pushing the motorcycle along Eighth street. Cnder questioning by the sheriff. Swartz admitted the theft and was booked and held in jail The defendant. Swartz, in tarn daimtd he was a friend at Foreman's and had Imrrowed th* vehicl"to take a ride " He also admitted. In answer to the judge's question* to having been under the InDnencc of Intoxicating liquor* The charge of grand larceny enr ria* with it the penally of one to 10 years' Imprisonment or a fine n «t to exceed 9500. or both. Swarts refused th* court's offelo be represented by an attorMg.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 4, 1949.

Breakin Is Reported At Filling Station City police today were investigating a reported breakin of lhe| Sinclair station al Second and Jes-1 ferson streets. Hubert Schnepp, operator of the Ktation. reported to police this morning that some time during the night his station had been burglarized of $!••. m ist-' ly in small change, eight inner tubes and one tire. L Entrance to the station wa* gained. it was disclosed, by breaking the glass In one of the window*, unhooking it. and entering. Judge Threatens To Jail Red Wilnesses Witnesses Warned By Judge Medina New York. Aug 4—(UP) — Fed eral judge Harold R Medina said at the communist conspiracy trial today that henceforth he will jail any witness who refu»e* to answer pertinent questions without valid, legal reason The judge's warning cam* during direct examination of a defense witness. Samuel J. Hall. Jr, of Birmingham. Ala Hall, chairman of the Alabama communist party, said he would decline to name ißstruc’ora at a party training school at Camp Bea con. near Beacon. N. Y. The prosecution moved that Hall be directed to name them Judge Medina denied the motion but add ed: “Where witnesses persistently and deliberately decide what ques tlon* they will answer and what they won't answer, and then ha»» the effrontery to say that that i* (Tues T» Fuse

Laboratory Victory In Growing Os Polio Virus

(Editor's Note: The virus that cause* polio was long believed capable of growing and multiplying only in presence of nerve cells but scientists at Harvard University have discovered it can be grown outside the human body with other types of human tissue. Such work i* important, a* it may mean the production of large amount* of material. In the following dispatch, fourth of ■ serie*. United Pres* silence writer Paul F Ellis tells of the laboratory victory of growing the polio virus outside the human body. By PAUL F. ELLIS (Copyright 1949 by United Preset Boston, Mass. Aug 4 — (UP) The virus that causes polio now ca 1 be grown and studied in the test tube, opening the way for an accelerated four pronged attack on in f ant lie paraiyais The accomplishment in itself by Harvard University's children's hospital scientists In dev»ioping a new technique to grow the viraa outsidthe human body Is grant enough, but the ultimate gains may b* even

Sharp Increase In Polio Over Nation Special Warning Is Issued At Chicago By United Press Many communities closed schools and banned public gaiherings of children today following a sharp Increase in polio casts during the past week. At Chicago, public health of ficlals issu'd a special warning on atits polio precautions. They said personal cleanliness wa* one of the biggest factors in avoiding the disease. In New York state, tiie town of Springville was sprayed with DDT from airplane* a* a precaution The I’. S. public health service said 1.963 new cases were reported for the week ended July 30. a 36 percent increase over the previous week The biggest inert a'ses were in the middle Atlantic and north central state*. New York hud 2'*o new cases. Missouri 194, Michigan 149 and Illinois 145. The national foundation for infantile paralysis said it st nt more nurse* and equipment into hard hit areas last week than during any other week of the year The medical equipment included 51 iron lungs. In Kansas City, the city council shut down all activities in public park*. Including It ague baseball games. Three Indiana counties, ixating 4o to 45 percent of the state's 2*" reported cases, included church ' service-* and movie audiences pi their bans on public gatherings Summer school at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie was dosed three week* early. At Springfield. 111., where 24 iT»r» Tu I’sae

. greater The new work' is bring . done by the** inve»tigation* in the ■ research division of infectious diseases. Children's Medical centeff; - Boston, and is financed by fund* i from the National Foundation for - Infantile I'aralysi* Scientist* previously were aide to > grow the polio virus for a short . time In a test tube, using nerve tissue for culture The children * hospital research team, however, now ' have tound that the virus will grow |un<l multiply in a culture with other types nt human tissue. Although the project is but a year old. the Harvard scientiats have shown that the virus of on? strain in group 2 polio can be grown in the test tube, and preliminary experiments indicate that strain it group 1 polio also may so succeed The avenues, which possibly may he speeded up a* a result of the work h«re, lead to *uch polio go*is a*: 1. —A source of large amount* of viru* for possible vaccination purpose* 2. Classification of virus types (Turn Te Face Twe)

U. S. Comptroller General Says “Shocking” Evidence In Awarding Os Contracts

State Polio Total Is Near 300 Mark 29th Death Recorded From Polio In State Indianapolis, Aug. I — (UP) — The state’s total of polio case* hit the 29fi mark today and the 19th death wa* recorded by the i state board of health. Dubois county was the 54th Indiana county to report an infantile paralysis case, said Dr W. ('. Anderson of the state board. One more case was reported In Grant county to bring that total to four, and the Allen county total reached 11 with the report of three new cases. Jane Woodburn of Thorntown, who was reported yesterday a* the first case from Boone county, died 1 in James Whitcomb Riley hospital here. The 11 year-old girl was the sixth polio victim to die in the , Indiana University hospital other counties reporting their j first case yesterday were Posey i ami Shelby. Anderson said a breakdown of the polio cases by age groups, made on the basis of last Satur day's 233 total, showed tiie ages from one to four and five to nine were the most dangerous There were 67 cases and four deaths in the one-tiefour bracket and l>* cases with three deaths In the five-to-nine group There vere five death* in the 2t)-t<e24 group, but only 23 case*. In the over | .10-yearsold class, there were only four case* but two of them were I fatalities. I Under one year old 'here were nine cases and one death; from ID- : to-14, 21 cases and four deaths; . 15-10-lft. 17 case* and four deaths, and 25t0-2!). 20 case* and two . deaths. Anderson said no age I was reported on four of the cases' included in the 233 total On the basis of reports received ; i by the slate board of health up to this morning. Jay county still was the hardest hit area in the state with 51 case* and three death*. Delaware county had 33 < axes and three death* for second place, and I Randolph wa* third with 30 ea*es and four deaths. Neither of these counties reported a new case yesterday. but Jay did report one rn-w one. To Hold State Fair Indianapolis, Aug I —(UP) — (Turn To I’nsr Fieri Policeman Admits More Burglaries Elkhart Policeman In New Confession Elkhart. Ind. Aug 4 -(UP) A policeman who confessed five I burglaries and three check forger-1 les Tuesday today added six more burglaries to the list of crimes he committed on duty and confessed | he xet fire to two buildings Patrolman Donald Barrett. 27. a Marine corps veteran who wa* wounded in tiie Guadalcanal cam paign seven years ago this month, said he broke Into a coal company office, a shoe store, a beauty salone. a doctor's office, and a Presbyterian church from Feb 3 to July 11. Barrett told police he set tire to the buildings early in 194*. just after he joined the police force The first fire, set in a vaixnt apartment on Main St. on March 11. caused 35.000 damage. The second wa* set in the basement of a refrigerator store on Barrett's beat, April 16. and caused $15,000 damage A third fire, set last July 26. caused only minor damage in the basement of the Veterans of For I elgn Wars building Barrett turned In alarm* on all three blaze* Barrett told police Tu-dayJ when he confessed hi* other f crime*, that he had "a champagne taste on a beer pocket book ” The most he stole In any burg lary wa* 96" from the coni com pany on Feb 3 He stole shoes from the shoe store, but got noth Ing from the break ln« at the doc | (Turn T» Fane Ma>

Scott Quits With Warning To Republicans Asserts Party Must Win Some Elections Or Fade As Power Washington. Aug 4. (UP) Hugh D Scott. Jr, submitted his resignation today a* chairman of the Republican national committee with a warning that the party must win some election* soon or fade a* a political force. Then he turned on President , Truman a* the "typhoid Harry" who would flifect the American way of life with the deadly viru* of atatism. He said he wa* sure Mr. Truman knew not wiial he wa* doing, but that he wa* doing it just the *auie "I am sure," Scott said, “That Mr. Truman I* against the Stalini*tor bra** knuckle state; that Mr. Truman I* again*) *tati*m; that he doewn't know and doesn't believe that he carries the malignant germs of the police state around in his ideologies and III* promise-a-lot programs. "But he is the ‘typhoid Harry' of statiam. and hi* program i« the program of the believers In the all |*owerful police state." Scott's resignation was submitted to the national committee. In Hesston here to choose hi* successor after months of battling within the organization The oustScott movement began shortly after Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York lost last November's pre*idential election. Scott was : Dewey's pick for the chairman--1 ship. Guy G Gabrielsen of New Jersey was leading the field of chairmanship candidates as the committee met He ha* strong ba, kI ing by elements friendly to Sen | Robert A Taft and former pre*i- ! dent Herbert Hoover, among oth-i era Scott publicly ha* announced that Gabriel*on will not do. Western committeemen were Keeking a compromise candidate and continued to discus* Axel J. Beck of South Dakota. Others mentioned included Arthur E. Summerfield. Michigan; It Carroll Reece. Tennessee, Ralph F Gates. < Indiana, and A T. Howard. Nebraska. The westerners held a long meeting last night in an effort to settle on a candidate They broke ;up with their hope* pinned on . committeeman Harry Darby of Kansas, who was H»ott's first ' choice a* his successor But Darby ivara T» Page rivet Merrill C. Abbott Dies Last Evening Local Man's Brother Is Taken By Death Merritt C Abbott, 69. of Ossian. I and a former Cralgvllle resident.! died at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient five day* He was a member of the Fort Wayne Gospel Temple Surviving are hi* wife. Merle; a son. Harold Abbott of Fort Wayne; three daughter*. Mr*. Elizabeth McGuire of Churubusco. Mr* Role ert Clark of near Ossian and Mr*.: Alva Carney of near Zanesville; 10 grandchildren; two brother*. Nelson Abbott of Decatur and Alfred ' of Tampa. Fl*., and a sister. Mr*. Rosa Hetrick of Craigville Funeral service* will be held at | ft pm Saturday at the CraigviUa Evangelical United Brethren . church, the Rev Stewart G Bill i Ing* and the Rev J. F Bright of ficiatinx Burial will be In Oakland cemetery at Craigville Friend* may call at the Elzey A I Son funeral home in Ossian after 7 o'clock this evening.

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Fraud, Collusion And Bribery Are Charged Officers In War Contracts Washington. Aug 4. (UP) - | U. 8. comptroller general Lindsay ■ Warren dis< lowed today what ho termed "shocking" evidence of I "fraud, collusion and or bribery” on the part of former army officers tn I the award of wartime government | contract*. Warren reported to congress that I the general accounting office. In addition, has found $6,290,000 hi improper payments "induced by fraud" In connection with the settlement of government contracts. He said these represented only a "sampling" and that he hesitated to guess the "entire extent of fraud and overpayments." Warren said that hi* Investigations of contracts awarded to New York firms for preparation of government technical manuals disclosed "beyond reasonable doubt" that contract awards In the first instance were based on "fraud, collusion and or bribery on the part of certain government personnel (military and civilian) and others And he cited these instance* 1. An army officer "divulged io I one of the bidders” the prices quoted by other firms on preparation I of the manual* The bidder received 1 a $4(1.375 contract later cancelled ’' and a* an "aftermath" the officer ■ became employed by the company i and wa* paid $7,600 for "services." 2. Two former army officers, while on active duty, "received shares of corporate stock valued at $2,000 in return for purported 'part ! time services' to a firm which shortly thereafter received government contracts at prices totaling in excess of llOo.ooii" 3. "Numerous instances" were reported involving acceptance by government employes of "entertainment. lunches, dinners, liquors etc., etc., from contractors who. In return. Keem to have been favored . with government contract* and liberal termination settlement* " 4. Other cases of a "feathering of nest*" by offi er* and employes of the government who subsequently w« re given Job* by the contractor*.’ 5 A firm received three government contracts shortly after it* representatives were “introduced to two government employes." ami concurrently the company's book* reflected "lialdlities Io these employes" of between $1,175 and $2,i 029. fi Another firm asked a govern- - ment employe to increase Its contract price, and after receiving th« ‘ increase "paid the sum of ssoo to (hat official who then wa* employed by one of the firm's compel!- ! tors." 7. An "apparent scheme" whereby 2't percent of contract price* ; vva* to be "kicked Itack" to certain 'government repr< sentatives. either directly or to their relatives or through "dummy" < orporatlon*. The corporations were owned by I government employes or veiled i iheir identities. Warren said Warren's report to congress covered hl* office's activities under the I contract settlement act of 1944 It was made public in the midst . of a congressional investigation of so-called "five percenter*." agents for government contractor* who got 5 per cent of the value of contracts obtained for their client*. Warr«n did not say anything about such agents specifically. Excluding indicated overpayments due to error or carelessness, (To-- T» Face K'abt) Say Czechs Restrict Protestant Churches New York. Aug 4—(UP)—Two leaders of the Lutheran Church I In America charged today that the i Czech government has placed rest! ic lion* on protestant* a* well a* Cstuolic*. The Rev Franklin Clark Fry. president of the United Lutheran church, and Dr. I’ <» Benell, president of the Augustan* Lutb*ran church, said Czechoslovahfaa protestant* fear further action against their churches.